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E. E. OBERHAUSER PRINTING MECHANISM FOR GASH REGISTERS Filed Ob'h.21,1926

Emil E )berhauser Patented Oct. 9,1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE;

EMIL EQOBERHAUSER, or navron, OHIO, Assrenoa TO THE NATIonALcAsH BriersTEE COMPANY, or DAYTON, OHIO, A conrona'rion or MARYLAND.

PRINTING MECHANISM FOB CASH REGISTERS.

Application filed October 21, 1926 semi No. 143,232. '1

This invention relates to cash registers, and

more particularly to improvements in printing mechanisms of the kindused in machines of the type shown and des ribed in Letters Patent oftheUnited Stat-es, No. 1,894,256, issued to Frederick L. 'Fuller,October 18, 1921.

The principal object of this invention is to provideimproved.mechanismfor carrying a receipt or card from a non-printingposition into a printing position andfor returning it to the nonprinting position.

Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable mounting forthe receipt carrier so that receipts of various sizes may be properlypositioned with respect to the printing mechanism.

With these and incidental objects in view,

the invention consists of certain novel features of construction andcombinations of t th s t'll t f t par s, i c essen 1a e emea s o woiciia1 a so forth in appended cialms and a preterred form or embodiment ofwhich is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings whichaccompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawingsr Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of theprinting mechanism showing the receipt carrier in home position.

Fig. 2 is a detail view partly in section to show the adjusting feature.

The invention is applied to a cash register printing mechanism whichprints upon an audit strip, an issuing receipt, and an in serted slip orcard. In this particular case, the inserted slip or card is the stub orreceipt portion of an automobile garage card, which,

when presented to claim the automobile, 15 inserted in a receiving leverwhich the operator moves into printing position to have printed thereonthe date, consecutive number,

operators initial, the kind of transaction, such as cash, charge, etc.,the amount involved and other data, if desired.

Described in detail, the device consists of a lever 10 pivoted at 11 ona bar 12, slidable along a slot 13 formed in a table 1 2 and extendingat substantially right angles to the printing line. The slot isreinforced by a plate 15. The sliding bar 12 is supported in the guideslot by the lever 10 overlying the table and is securely held in itsvarious adjusted positions in the slot 13 by a clamping knob 16 whichengages a screw 17 secured in the sliding bar. stud 18 fastened to thesliding bar 12 forms a stop controlling the I swinging movement of thelever-10; TV hen the lever is moved. clockwise to pos tion the insertedslip at the printing line, it is arrested when the proper line on thecard is at the printing line, by a pro ection 19 .on the lever engagingthe stud 18, andwhen the lever is returned to home position. itisstopped by the contact of its end 20 with the stud 18. The lever ismanuall operated by means of a handle 21 fastened in the end 20 of thelever. This handle is concaved at its lower end to engage a round headedpin 22, which forms a retaining means for the lever when in homeposition. There is suflicient spring in the lever 10 to permit thehandle 21 to enand disengage with the pin 22 as the le er is operated.

The left hand portion of the lever 10 is adapted to receive a receipt orcard 23 which is held in place by two spring clips 24 secured to a bar25 fastened to the lever 10. The left hand end 26 of the lever 10 isbent upwardly at right angles to'the lever to form a guide in placingthe receipt in the lever.

l ith the receipt in position, as shown in Fig. 1, the lever is movedclockwise to the position shown by dotted lines to place the I receiptin proper relation with the type wheel line 27, so that during anoperation of the machine an impression platen 28 will cooperate with thetype wheel line to print the data shown, or any other data desired, onthe receipt 23. -Following the operation of the machine, the lever isreturned to its home position and the receipt removed from the holder bythe operator and given to the customer as his record of the transaction.

Receipts or cards of different sizes may be used andthe printingimpression may be retained in the same relation to the top edge of thereceipt, by changing the location of the pivot point 11 by using theadjusting feature previously described.

Only enough of the printing mechanism is herein shown and described asis necessary to understand the invention. The complete I printingmechanism is illustrated and described in the Fuller patent previouslyreferred to.

WVhile the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form orembodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment invarious forms all coming Within the scope of the claims Which follow.What is claimed is: r 1. In a printing mechanism, a type line, an

impression platen, a printing'table, a lever.

lever in non-printing position, and an adjust-' able pivot for saidlever.

2. In a printing mechanism, a type line, an impression means, a pivotedmember adapted to receive record material in a nonprinting position andmove it to a printing position, and an adjustable means adapted to movethe pivot point of said member in a dimotion at right angles to saidtype line.

3. In a printing mechanism, a type line, an impression means, a leverhaving a home position and an operated position, adapted to receiverecord material of different sizes, and an adjustable means adapted tovary the location of the pivot point of said lever so that theimpression from the type line Will be made in the same relation to oneedge of the record material.

4. In a printing mechanism, a type line, an impression means, a leverhaving a home position and an operated position, adapted to receiverecord material of different sizes, a slide upon Which said lever ispivoted, a table, a guide in said table adj ustably receiving saidslide, and means for holding the slide in any of its adjusted positions.

upon Which said lever is pivoted, a table, a

guide in said table adjustably receiving said slide, means for holdingthe slide in any of its ad ust-ed positions, and cooperating means onsaid lever and slide for stopping said lever in its home and operatedpositions. 6. In a. printing mechanism, a type line, an impressionmeans, a leverhaving a home position and an operated position, adaptedto receive record material of different sizes, a slide upon which saidlever 1s plvoted, a table, a

guide in said table adjustably receiving said slide, of its adjustedpositions, an operating arm on said lever, a shoulder on said leverarranged at right angles'to said arm, and a pin on said slide With Whichsaidarm and shoulder cooperate to facilitate positioning said lever inits home and operated positions.

7. In a printing mechanism, a type line,,an impression means, a leverhaving a home position and an operated position, adapted to remeans forholding the slide in any] ceive record material of different sizes, aslide upon which said lever is pivoted, a table, a

guide in said table acljustably receiving said slide, means for holdingthe slide in any of its adjusted positions, an operating arm on saidlever, a shoulder on said lever arranged at right angles to said arm, apin on said slide with which said arm and shoulder cooperate tofacilitate positioning saidlever in its home and operated positions, andmeans on said arm and slide holding said lever in one of its positions.I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMIL E. OBERHAUSER.

